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progressive microcephaly with simplified gyral pattern and cerebellar hypoplasia

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A congenital nervous system abnormality characterized by severe to profound global developmental delay with inability to sit or walk independently, almost no cognitive development, poor visual fixation, and absent speech; progressive, severe microcephaly; and

A congenital nervous system abnormality characterized by severe to profound global developmental delay with inability to sit or walk independently, almost no cognitive development, poor visual fixation, and absent speech; progressive, severe microcephaly; and notable structural brain abnormalities apparent on brain imaging, including simplified gyral pattern, lissencephaly, partial or complete agenesis of the corpus callosum, enlarged ventricles, and cerebellar hypoplasia, that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the CRNKL1 gene on chromosome 20p11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Epicanthus
  • Encephalopathy
  • Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
  • Astigmatism
  • Strabismus
  • Seizure
  • Hypotonia
  • Myoclonic seizure
  • Hypoplasia of the pons
  • Cafe-au-lait spot

Also known as: MGCH